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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Corbett escapes Warrenton with win, 28-7 WARRENTON — Coming off a big win the week before, the Warrenton Warriors were unable to keep the momentum going Fri- day against Corbett, as the Cardi- nals picked up their fi rst win of the season with a 28-7 victory over the Warriors. Warrenton opened Homecom- ing night with a touchdown on the opening drive, as Jacob Morrow tossed a 15-yard scoring pass to Devin Jackson. The Warriors drop to 1-4, while Corbett (an independent 4A school), is 1-3. Warrenton continues non- league action Friday at Blanchet Catholic. Knappa pounds Nestucca Bobcats, 52-7 The Daily Astorian CLOVERDALE — Not much has changed in the Northwest League football since last year, as the Knappa Loggers opened league play with a 52-7 win at Nestucca Friday. The fi fth-ranked Loggers improve to 4-0 overall, while Nestucca drops to 0-5. “The kids did a great job exe- cuting the game plan,” said Knappa coach Aaron Barendse. “Our O- and D-line played well. Kaleb (Miller) made some big plays on his feet and with his arm. The receivers made plays and did a great job after the catch as well.” In addition, the Knappa defense kept the Bobcats scoreless, with Nestucca’s only points coming on a kick return. “We gave up a kickoff return and that was it,” Barendse said. “I’m proud of the kids for com- ing out, playing hard and taking care of business. That’s a long bus ride, and our kids got off the bus ready.” The Loggers head back down the coast this week for a game Friday at Neah-Kah-Nie. “We have a big test in Neah-Kah- Nie,” Barendse said. “We’ll need to be extra dialed in this week.” South Bend defeats Ilwaco ILWACO, Wash. — South Bend stunned Ilwaco in a Pacifi c 2B League football opener Friday, 28-0. Brandon Duke led Ilwaco with 82 yards rushing, while Brandon McMullen and Alex Kaino each caught fi ve passes for the Fisher- men, now 2-3 overall. Naselle Comets score easy win over Taholah NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle scored another easy win Friday at home, a 60-14 victory over Taholah in a Coastal 1B football contest. The Comets were scoring on offense, defense and special teams, racking up over 60 points for the second week in a row. — The Daily Astorian CLATSOP CRUSH Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Volleyball — Astoria at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Portland Adventist at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia Christian, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer — Astoria at Scappoose, 4:15 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 4:15 p.m. Boys Soccer — Scappoose at Asto- ria, 7:15 p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 6:30 p.m. FOOTBALL Seaside 40, Astoria 0 Astoria 0 0 0 0—0 Seaside 14 7 7 12—40 First Quarter Sea: Dawson Blanchard 6 pass from Payton Westerholm (Gio Ramirez kick) 2:20 Sea: Brayden Johnson 56 pass from Westerholm (Ramirez kick) 0:00 Second Quarter Sea: Johnson 10 pass from Wester- holm (Ramirez kick) :02 Third Quarter Sea: Alex Teubner 1 run (Ramirez kick) :49 Fourth Quarter Sea: Teubner 5 run (pass failed) 5:15 Sea: Teubner 16 run (pass failed) 3:51 Team Statistics Astoria Seaside Total offense 253 411 First downs 12 20 Rushes-yards 16-65 48-259 Passing yards 188 152 Comp-Att-Int 17-37-2 10-15-0 Turnovers 2 2 Penalties 5-58 4-25 Astoria Statistics Rushing: R.Stutznegger 4-37, Sten- blom 1-11, Wallace 2-8, Ranta 8-7, Hageman 1-2. Passing: K.Johnson 12- 30-108-2, Wallace 2-4-60-0, Stenblom 3-3-20-0. Receiving: Hageman 5-73, Matteucci 3-20, Patterson 3-18, D.John- son 2-11, Kaonohi 1-29, Villa 1-9, Hunt 1-9, Schumacher 1-9. Seaside Statistics Rushing: Teubner 23-155, Wester- holm 7-33, Thompson 5-30, Ramirez 10-29, Landwehr 3-12. Passing: Westerholm 10-15-152-0. Receiving: B. Johnson 3-78, Teubner 3-35, Landwehr 1-16, Thompson 1-11, Ramirez 1-7, Blanchard 1-6. South Bend 28, Ilwaco 0 South Bend 6 8 0 14—28 Ilwaco 0 0 0 0—0 SB: Ben Byington 13 run (kick failed) SB: Drew Rose 2 run (Byington run) SB: Byington 2 run (Raul Mora kick) SB: Chase Flynn 4 pass from Rose (Mora kick) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: Duke 12-82, McMullen 12- 72, Personius 1-3, Cox 2-0, Kaino 1-(- 10), Kaech 5-(-27). Passing: Personius 7-13-90-1, Kaech 5-9-39-1. Receiving: McMullen 5-69, Kaino 5-38, Cox 1-15, Duke 1-15. A rusher for Seaside is tackled by the Astoria Fishermen defense during Friday’s Clatsop Clash. Seaside tops Astoria, 40-0 Painful game for the Fishermen By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — As they like to say in Sea- side, “it’s a great day to be a Gull!” And Friday was even better than the best days for the Seaside football program — great football weather, fi rst home league game of the season, a halftime Hall of Fame ceremony … and to cap off a perfect day, the Gulls scored a 40-0 win over Astoria at Broadway Field. “This is defi nitely up there,” said Seaside junior quarterback Payton Westerholm, who threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns in the fi rst half alone. “I’ll defi nitely remem- ber this one for years to come. The rest of my life.” Meanwhile, the game was a forgettable, painful one for Astoria. The last time the Fish- ermen suffered a loss that bad in the Clatsop Clash was 1985 (42-0). Seaside’s win over Astoria was not totally unexpected; it was how the Gulls achieved the victory that provided the Shocker of the Night in Oregon 4A football. The Gulls were dominant on both sides of the ball against the defending league cham- pion Fishermen, who were ranked seventh in the latest state media poll. Seaside rolled up 411 yards in total offense, while the Gulls’ defense limited Astoria to just 12 yards rushing in the fi rst half, 65 yards for the game (most of it on Astoria’s fi nal drive). And for one night only, the “Seaside Turn- around” was at the east end of Broadway instead of the west. The Gulls were on the losing end of a 50-12 score in last year’s Clash, and lost 36-3 the year before that. Needless to say, Friday’s 78-point turnaround was unexpected. At least for the fans. For the players, “we had a good game plan on what they were going to do offensively, and we knew they were going to struggle against our defense,” said Westerholm, who did not want to experience another blowout loss to the Fishermen. “The last two years The Astoria Fishermen defense wraps up a player for Seaside during the Clatsop Clash on Friday. Seaside would go on to win the game 40-0. didn’t sit well with us, and we just wanted to make a change.” It turned out to be a nightmare of a game for the Fishermen, who had injured players walking or being helped off the fi eld for much of the night. With 1:35 left in the fi rst quarter and the Gulls already leading 7-0 on a Westerholm TD pass to Dawson Blanchard, Astoria quar- terback Tristin Wallace was hit near midfi eld following a scramble and had to be helped to the sideline. With Karsten Johnson in for Wallace, Sea- side stopped the Fishermen on a fourth down pass, and the Gulls needed just one play to score, a quick 56-yard strike from Wester- holm to Brayden Johnson. Wallace was right back on the fi eld on Astoria’s next offensive series, even hooking up with Trey Hageman on a shovel pass that gained 54 yards to the Seaside 26. The Fishermen lost fi ve yards on the next play, which was followed by an incomplete pass from Wallace, who went down a second time with an injury (possible torn meniscus) to the same leg and did not return. After fi ve straight scoreless possessions to start the second quarter, the Gulls (with 1:11 left in the fi rst half) put together an eight-play, 70-yard drive directed by Westerholm, who connected with Alex Teubner for gains of 14 and 13 yards to the Astoria 10-yard line. And with six seconds on the clock, Wester- holm found Johnson on a short crossing route at the goal line for a touchdown. With a 21-0 lead at the break, “we were right where we wanted to be,” Westerholm said. “I think what really got us going was the long throw from me to Brayden,” he added. “We knew we were on the verge of ending the game when we went on that last drive of the fi rst half. To get that last touchdown with Brayden making a great catch, it started breaking their spirit going into the second half.” The Gulls turned back to their run game for the fi nal 24 minutes, and Teubner (who had 64 yards rushing in the fi rst half) added 91 to his total and scored on runs of 1, 5 and 16 yards to help Seaside pull away. He fi n- ished with 155 yards on 23 carries, while the Gulls had 259 rushing yards total. Westerholm was 10-for-15 passing for 152 yards, with completions to six different receivers. The Gulls do not usually look to throw that often, Westerholm said. “That wasn’t the plan coming in, but we saw that (the Fishermen) were giving us some open holes on some of the routes, so we decided to start airing it out,” he said. “And that helped open the run game for us in the second half.” The Gulls lost two fumbles, but also had interceptions by Duncan Thompson and Johnson on defense. Ryan Stutznegger was Astoria’s leading ground-gainer, rushing for 37 yards on four carries, all on the fi nal drive. Wallace, Johnson and Ryan Stenblom combined for 188 yards passing for the Fish- ermen, who host Tillamook Friday, while Seaside hosts Valley Catholic. At 1-1, the Gulls are in the driver’s seat for the No. 2 state playoff spot out of the Cowapa League. Seaside hosts Banks the fi nal week. Friday’s victory “gives us confi dence,” Westerholm said. “We’re looking to get the next three wins, and get that home playoff game.”
